Every Valorant Agent Select Screen Ranked Updated

[@slayndash6077]

I gotta say, KAY/O's looks and essentially is the coolest, but man. When I saw Fade's for the first time I actually got chills down my spine. Character checks out I guess.

[@yvsdaddy6662]

Literally same loool

[@thunderp1719]

Yes, it should be placed 1st

[@muhammadmahbeerhussain6225]

Tbh I agree

[@alexfierro6499]

and thats y i main her tho tbh she does give me the scares every now and then lmao

[@unvasodechocomilk]

No

[@sindriana]

Honestly my favourite is Fade's. She has the cool shift from her nightmares to reality and then pulls them out and charges them at people.

[@Teonukii]

I think it's by far the best one

[@halkras]

Freddy krueger; i like that arrogant B.

[@cookiechaos8842]

The things i love about fade is first she is from Turkey and even if you're client language is English or some other languahe she still speaks Turkish. The other one is fades eyes, they are inspired by Van cat. Van cat is a cat species in turkey and Fade is supposed to be a reference to the Cat species.

[@azathothds]

Whoever works on animation does a good job, there is a clear difference between Brimstone (one of the olderst) and Fade's (of the newest), Harbor kinda feels anew , but still lacking in comparison with Fade (mb cus he is a hooman and his artifact capabilities are limited dunno, so they chose to showcase that, if we compare with other artifact users, Astra does her thingy and Yoru goes all out with his abilities, I think my theory that if Harbor was a Water Radiant user, he might go wild in that lock screen)

[@NeoETM]

Imo it would be a tier if he started like on his motorbike with a spectre in his hand and his helmet like does an iron man thing yk and then he does this with his artifact that would be sick asf

[@slayndash6077]

I love Harbor, but yeah his greatest weak point is his select screen visuals. Would've loved to see a waterfall drop to reveal him, at the very least. Fade and Harbor are both human, and both have radiant abilities. Fade's are obviously much more intangible IRL than water (and therefore "cooler") but regardless, she has the much better select screen. I doubt that Harbor's would be updated unless they overhauled a lot of the outdated/lesser select screens.

[@najmaht.a.1314]

@@slayndash6077 Isn't Fade a radiant? Aka not human?

[@alleyway8627]

@@slayndash6077 im pretty sure harbor is completely human, hes not a radiant. he just gets his powers from the artifact no?

[@cinnamonroll5865]

Pretty sure Yoru is a radiant, but he just gets a power up from using the mask, allowing him to see into other dimensions and get in his ultimate, cuz he can flash tp and clone without it, not even gameplay wise but also in the lore

[@BigHugeWorm]

The older ones don't have a lot of flash and flair to them, and I agree that for some of them like Breach, they should. But understanding that the characters do so much more than the special effects is important. Brimstone's doesn't need to be cool. What is he gonna do, smoke himself off? Stimmy himself? Orbital strike somewhere behind him? His personality is straightforward and direct and it comes across that he's professional and not a showboat. Viper, although the effect of her coming out of the pit is cool, really what makes it awesome is the hand crawling towards the mask and the look of utter disgust and superiority on her face. Phoenix doesn't need to set everything alight in his intro, in fact, it's pretty apparent that despite having fire powers, he's not a hothead, and is cool as can be. Checkin himself out, centering the camera on himself, and then run it back teleports him to a good freezeframe pose. Yes, I won't disagree with the top tiers. Chamber, Fade, Astra, and Kay/O have great cinematic levels of shit, but if everyone had cinematic ones, the REALLY cool intros wouldn't seem as special.

[@starfucker44]

fr the old ones feel right tbh also i like how at the end of all the agent selects for the freeze frame they’re all consistently in the middle looking at the camera so when i see ppl asking for idk things like kicking the camera down and looking down at it or idk them like just in a completely fleshed out setting i.e a forest or something and then there would b all the other ones still in the same consistent background

[@cZk75137]

Phoenix? Not a hothead? Buddy, you need to reevaluate that phrase.

[@BigHugeWorm]

@@cZk75137 He's cocky no doubt. And his playstyle is aggressive and varied, but his personality is chill and swagger. He's got jokes, he's taking the whole thing as a game, one he knows he can win. You want a hothead, take someone like Breach or Reyna. Those two have temper issues. Phoenix doesn't have a temper like that, because he's not a hothead.

[@the_grass_trainer]

@@BigHugeWorm Flameo, hotman!

[@roscoemason3320]

I really think they should update some of the select screens, especially the older ones like Sova, Sage, etc... I mean they aren't bad but they could definitely be cooler Edit: What if for Breach, he flashed from the boxes in the background then he runs at the screen and punches it as the blind wears off, knocking it over, then crouches, looking at it.

[@eh9948]

And then he says the hello voiceline

[@walsheee93]

What if for Sage, her wall appears on the screen (kinda like the start of chamber) and then breaks, revealing sage throwing her orb, showing off her skills with the orb in her original one, healing someone. its something lol

[@kctharich6836]

I like how we almost think alike. This is as good as my idea.

[@thalitagomes6772]

you guys got some great ideas, that'd be definitely cool af

[@delayedstwr]

the entire screen is orange as breach had used his ult. the crust of the earth shatters as a mysterious black figure with glowing orange eyes menacingly walks to the camera. and when the ultimate ends, breach just poses (idk)

[@Luluroxz]

I am a fade main but my favorite part is when I select her for her little cut scene. Love the head tilt from nightmare to reality

[@sivvim]

All Timestamps for Agent Selects. *S TIER* ____________ 0:34 - *Kay/O* 1:22 - *Yoru* 2:12 - *Astra* 3:11 - *Chamber* 3:48 - *Fade* *A TIER* ____________ 4:44 - *Viper* 5:28 - *Omen* 6:16 - *Cypher* *B Tier* _________ 7:03 - *Reyna* 7:39 - *Raze* 8:17 - *Harbor* 9:05 - *Sova* 9:57 - *Neon* 10:36 - *Killjoy* *C TIER* _________ 11:24 - *Pheonix* 12:28 - *Skye* 13:10 - *Sage* 13:54 - *Jett* *F Tier* ________ 14:44 - *Breach* 15:17 - *Brimstone*

[@mikeagamer9978]

Tysm this helped a lot

[@sivvim]

@@mikeagamer9978 yw

[@Kreyeostasis]

Reyna is in B tier unless this is your take

[@sivvim]

@@Kreyeostasis Ok thanks! I was fast-fowarding the video to a point where he says the next tier and the agents after, I guess I missed one lol.

[@HAPPY-re9ji]

Put giga Chad music in k/o screen it just matches

[@kaushals3713]

Yeah man 🔥

[@Cangaca777]

Agreed! Phoenix's select screen should be something like: A wall of fire rises in the background and then he comes in through the wall looking badass with the firewall backlighting him as he walks closer. the wall goes down and then he snaps his finger and lock into his pose like it is in the game.

[@seanstoltz6957]

A lot of the newer ones (astra, yoru, chamber, fade, etc.) seem to have more time and effort dedicated to them.

[@Hauke347]

ngl after I saw Fade's select screen first time in a replication match I repeated it at least 10 times after the match. It was just too good.

[@syedshums]

I don't know about you guys, but when Yoru says "I'll fight anybody, I'll fight everybody", it gives me chills.... It's one of the main reasons I main Yoru, even prior to his Rework.

[@-disgoistingpeep-9388]

I have an idea for Sage's new animation Sage will be walking around and finds a wilted flower, she goes to pick it up and heals or revives the flower. Maybe after the animation is finished, She puts it in her hair ? while holding a orb.

[@ZyUlTra]

That's actually so cute and such a Sagebean thing😭😭🥺🥺

[@raefellstarlocke272]

Harbor showing off his relic like some sort of Omnitrix.

[@JYUSUF_F13]

Ben10 😂

[@Xorgii]

for sage, it’ll be cool if it was your healing kinda idea but then she puts up a wall which covers the screen then the wall comes down and it goes back to the select screen we have now

[@RelicOnYoutube]

A pattern I’m noticing is that in the old lock screens they show a lot of the agents character rather than cinematic ‘wow’ factor. You can make the argument of Omen, Viper and Cypher’s not following this but they do. Omen’s showing his struggle to keep himself together through the quick teleport then how he surges despite simply standing. Cypher showing how mysterious he is through the introduction with the cage then his personality of remaining calm and collected and seemingly in control as he casually flips a coin trip around his fingers. Then Viper (As someone mentioned in the comments) the way she shows off her dangerous side by showing up first with her mask and vipers pit, but when the mask comes off you see her personality shine through the way she creeps up her hand to take off off her face mask then stares at you with a level of disgust and disinterest. Like you aren’t worth her time. Compare that to some of the newer lock screens like Fade and Harbor, what impression do you get of their characters without any insider information? A woman with dark powers then stands there playing with one of her abilities staring at you without any clear indiction of what shes thinking. Then a guy with a water bracelet just showing it off? They speak more to their abilities rather than their character. (You can say the same for older characters as well like Sage and Skye)

[@brayvp7996]

honestly the bar has been set higher and higher with each new agent, i personally like the simpler ones because it's not as flashy.

[@ruelandrew00]

I just realize that our POV in Reyna's agent select animation is a soul orb floating around. XD Also, I still love Phoenix's animation. It is kinda conflicting as he is seen with his personality as go getter and very impulsive. But, in the game, I think he should be played in a tactical/methodical way.

[@zuzu_iguess]

Neon's animation is what got me into Valorant 😅

[@yourlocalcryptid6024]

I want Breach to have a new select screen SO BAD he's so cool and his abilities have so many opportunities to make a cool select screen I love him but PLS

[@dude_shrapnel4280]

after nine months, deadlock coming out, her select screen is by far the coolest in my opinion

[@daileeagent1621]

Jep: The best agent select screen that i'm sure most of you would agree with is going to be KAY/O Me as he's saying Kay/o: Yor...oh... XD

[@SirJeppy]

Hahaha AWWW MAN!!! Well atleast Yoru got a high pick!

[@DangStank]

All the C tiers feel like they would be one part of a whole A/S tier. Like Jett, her stopping suddenly and the wind following her feels like it would work well at the end of a longer animation

[@nogai2296]

You should do a ranking for in game models because most of the human characters (fade and viper being great examples) look like nightmare fuel

[@elijahrebancos7672]

Harbot technically got that Ben10 Animation

[@baselin6514]

I think Brimstone is the only one who's introduction is alright to be that plain, his character was suppose to look like "just some old wanker soldier, what sort of threat he represent?" trope

[@kctharich6836]

I totally expected Breech to like punch the ground causing the same effects as his ultimate to happen(this woulda made him look more awesome). And maybe after the punch, The camera would be woosy a bit then he'd hold it still with a slightly embarrassed smile, move back and then do the pose he already does. All that I've stated shows his character and promotes him more. 1.) Punching the ground to actually show his ability. 2.) Adjusting the camera with the smile to show his comedic side and 3.) The pose to show that he's ready for action.

[@HRfromJohn]

2:12 if you Insta lock astra, her lock VL and the screen almost line up

[@HRfromJohn]

@Text me on Telegram @Valorant_Curios no, kind of scammy

[@LoneBeastYT]

For breach i wished he uses the rolling thunder, the camera shake intensifies as it goes towards the camera As the camera jumps from the ult, you get a flash where when the flash subsides you see breach checking his arm maintenance

[@-disgoistingpeep-9388]

Ohh for Jett : We see Jett going on the background floating with her ult on , she throws her smokes . then she throws her knives through the smoke creating that anime-ish style with the smokes . dashes through the partially gone smokes then just do the original knife spinny pose ( i like the animation of it so yeah.. and this might be too much)

[@RealAstroWhale]

You know what I could’ve done with Breach if I was an animation director and expert? I would have him landing on the screen slamming his fists on the ground, and his fists cause a rolling thunder, then after that he does his flex.

[@najmaht.a.1314]

my ocd can't take how harbor's avatar's head is the only one facing up instead of down like the others 😭

[@goldybays]

I've always loved cyphers screen

[@prunejuice22]

for me jett is a tier it's so satisfying to look at

[@zxeninn]

same but im also a lil biased because i love jett

[@JYUSUF_F13]

Nah

[@bjmax3045]

Harbor's is already really cool with the whole slow-mo part that's got the shine, water droplets, and the expression. You say agent select animations are bad when they have missed opportunities. I say they're bad when they have bad qualities, for example a rigid transition, like when neon transitions from running to sliding. She's running, and then there's a single frame in the middle of running and sliding, which was probably put there to make it look smooth, but it just looks like the camera snaps twice to the other camera angle.

[@danielott9916]

could somebody please explain what in the world the cape/glitch thing is that appears behind harbor at 8:31 Nobody seems to be talking about it and that is clearly not natural.

[@jormajonasson4720]

probebly some inside joke or easter egg

[@jackwtflmao]

my boy sova really needs a new agent select screen

[@the_osprey314]

9:39 ish: I think they could totally make sova's a bit cooler, maybe zoom out of his bionic eye while he seems to be hunting something, then putting it away as his owl drone lands on his arm. just an idea.

[@mplunox]

It still feels good to see daddy Chamber in A tier😌

[@CmoiZorra]

5:08 giga chad face

[@llikevaquitas]

You should make a tier list on the agents voice lines

[@emperorthanos5431]

Harbor was kinda a let down tbh

[@solev3654]

I like his agent select screen but It's not as good as others

[@BuddyReiner]

Bike would have been much better.

[@solev3654]

@@BuddyReiner yea lol

[@MechaG]

Brimstone's works for him because he's a simple, straightforward character.

[@calculus4226]

the brimstone's pose fits his military background imo

[@dymc_o]

I think if you wait a bit after selecting Neon her eyes will do a little glowing thing

[@Random19922]

in breach after he says "Rolling Thunder" breach was ACTUALLY charging it or sum

[@caiotulli468]

Fade surpasses KAY/O easily, I get chills whenever I pick her.

[@scouttf2952]

kay o has got to be the coolest valorant agent like his ult voiceline, his character design, and even his damn select screen

[@besserwizard]

I might be just a bit biased, but love Raze‘s animation. Everytime I pick her, I just kinda vibe with her. The sound of the explosions, a little dancing and then off to blowing people up on the battlefield.

[@M3gun4]

My favourite is Vaper,Fade,Kayo and Omen

[@springtrap8434]

Yes Vaper is an awesome agent, im a vaper main myself !!!

[@Sol1dYT]

Jeppy u need to ping this becuase everyone is getting bots where it says they won something and then get all their information probably so please ping this so everyone can see so that noone's info is stolen (for the people that dont know, like my sister)

[@kyreestandifer522]

Ok for the Brimstone bit sure, but pay attention to color guard routines. It's close to a near standard position (it's either at ease or attention, but it's probably at ease) for Armsholder armsguard? I forget the technical term. Most definitely not the flashiest but it works. Really well actually. Mid toLow C tier for me tho in comparison to others. I dunno flashy isn't everything everything.

[@erbraciola1139]

So I've noticed this one time long ago while playing Kay/o and I kinda got a more sure opinion by watching over and over his loading screen animation. When he pops his ult and the screen goes back and the 4 dots on his face appears, right after that the symbols starts rotating and at some point it seems there's the Riot logo for a split second. Am I the only one who sees it? If you pause around 00:43 you can see what I'm talking about

[@senpio]

Yep its there, I put it in .25 speed to pause on it

[@erbraciola1139]

@@senpio Alright cool, thought I was going crazy 🤣🤣🤣

[@fizzyelf752]

As Breach says "NERD". It is nice to see a fellow nerd... Love the content keep it up.

[@diamondguy-xs4lg]

my favourite select screen animation would be chamber cuz I love how the crosshair is like directly on the centre of his eye like it's on the pupil, least favourite would be brimstone just cuz it's not the most creative, the only thing I like about it is the sound of brim putting one of his grenade ammo into his gun

[@J05H_LeGiOn]

Betty/Jeppy needs his own select screen...

[@theflowerflora518]

Who is Betty

[@aklltv9598]

@@theflowerflora518 ye

[@vindhyamanjunath3797]

He would be placed in D tier (by himself) cuz of how he underestimated himself against kayo in the prev rankin

[@corniun1115]

Hi! I'm a Harbor main. Thanks for fighting for my man hehe. I think his screen is okay but I came straight from playing Chamber.. that's a different vibe ngl xd

[@finzard887]

Ok now imagine we got to see our agents do these animations and then walk up to where we spawn like in star wars battlefront 2 as we enter round one of the match.

[@Beingyun]

did anyone else notice the weird weird WEIRD images on harbor's cape?

[@Crabs581]

i dont know if im looking into this too much, i probably am but in overwatch sombra is a character that can remove enemy abilities just like kayo (or kayo can do it just like sombra) and when sombra uses her ultimate she says turning out the lights in spanish and in the kayo select screen theres a bright light but when kayo powers up it all goes black, idk if this is a reference to sombra and im pretty sure im looking way too deep but i think it would be cool if it was.

[@ZeexZii]

Neon main: am I a joke to you? Jett mains: yes

[@mikeagamer9978]

To be honest my favorite has to be Harbor and after him is probably Yoru

[@vale.antoni]

You could make Sage contact juggle, moving her hands and arms around the orb, while it seems to be suspended in air. It would not be too different from this animation, and would totally check out lore-wise, and maybe it would look about 82% better

[@renaultluk6376]

I know Jeppy and a lot of the comments here ranks the select screens by sheer coolness, but I think in a user experience and game design perspective, a select screen that is too flashy and takes too long kind of impedes new players' ability to have a good look at the agents themselves. That's why I like Harbour's select screen, where the animation is still cool but lets the player see the agent, as opposed to something like Kay/o, where you have to wait through the whole animation to see what he looks like

[@mhunter0073]

i think sova deserves so much more. like you know smth like hitting a bullseye just like we had in warmup cinematic when he hits the maxbot , that would be so cool ngl. and i love yoru animation most its just so cool and its so satisfying and yeah who even likes brim animation , like nah mate , rejected

[@googlyer]

i think Neons intro is perfect esp. that charge and camera stare with a whoosh in her hair lol he def hates Neon hahahaha

[@detectivehungry3544]

Jeppy I love you man you deserve all the best things in life 😊

[@thunderp1719]

I think fade,reyna intro are much badass than kayo or yoru. The way fade upside down,reyna comes floating is scary

[@jarifahmed977]

They should add some action with the bike in Harbors Agent select screen

[@deandrake2723]

Papa Brim looks like he had a bunch of donuts. Still love him though.

[@locaszm]

Ye my favorite one is omen's animation, but I kay/o face appearing in the dark is so cool

[@totalyaj]

Rank the intro voice lines?

[@bamboo-is-here]

Sova’s select screen should be him using his ultimate and shooting it from the left then to the right then at the player and then shoot his owl drone at them while in the shadow of the ult

[@thunderp1719]

Real deal 1: Reyna( that dark powers and her eyes and her canine vampire tooth + sound + the way she floats) 2: Fade ( two diff. color eyes+ nose ring + upside down) 3: Kayo ( looks like some power ranger ) 4: chamber ( Operator sound) 5: Astra 6: yoru( little cartoon type) 7: omen( body parts splitting constantly) 8: Jett( acting oversmart) 9: breach(way he smiles) 9: viper( entry is like some bar dancer) 10: raze 11: cypher 12: harbor 13: skye 13: neon 14: sova 14: sage 14: brim 14: joy(thick lips) 15: phnxx( too ezzy) What's your opinion guys?

[@denzelrebarbas6711]

I feel like Harbor's animation screen is pretty cool and looks exactly how indian movies turn out. Based on his nationality, it's a cool detail the Riot put in to.

[@korpsebasio2818]

jeppy ma man, ur not the only nerd here

[@hcltheking7437]

8:31 cused imagens stop the video right here harbor select screen is realy simple maybe for he dont be a radiant but viper is not either and have one of de best animations in my opinion, i think there's something missing like him pulling his arm down and ending up with a wave of his stun would be really cool because prepare for a climax that doesn't arrive but in fact the animation is good

[@kctharich6836]

I'm a Reyna main so I love Reyna's animation.

[@fragilefeelings32]

fade looks like one of those edits you see on tiktok/youtube shorts edit: put music over it and try to doubt me

[@simonluksan5469]

Does anyone gonna point out that glitched Harbors cape on his right hip 8:29

[@archmagus9000]

What the... 8:31 look to the right of harbor's hand with Bracelet, is this faces on his clothes?

[@takami_0710]

Everytime I see Brim's animation end, my ribs hurt-

[@iblemairplayz6351]

If Omen had more agent select screen time then he'd have potential to be in S tier.

[@lesternacua8162]

when i saw Brimstones pick animation i instinctively said "yass queen 💅!!" 🤣

[@Lyza04]

I really dont understand how the fck you could pick Astra above Omen lol

[@kaioken2921]

Harbor could ride a bike on the screen jumps of and as he lands he catches the motor bike exploding in the shield bubble

[@nwaliyevwe756]

PATCH NOTES LIVEEEE so excited

[@SkywardMage]

Honestly agreed. This is the right tier list

[@isitkav]

Have we noticed that Harbor is the only one who's head is tilted up?

[@HebiTan]

brim's pose looking like he's from Jojo's bizzare adventure

[@kctharich6836]

I know more can be done for Brim's select screen animation. But he doesn't have much going abilitywise cos he ain't got powers. He's supposed to be serious and Soldier-like. I don't have a problem with the current animation but it woulda been cooler if he was tinkering with his wrist remote( Probably setting coordinates for the Satellite to know where to strike) before pulling out the Molly gun(Sorry, dunno how to spell it)

[@MILAAA-f6g]

The one thing noticed ( ik all of u noticed just for the ones who didnt) if u watch carefully u will understand that he didnt start everything from the newest verison for example fade being missing in cyphers part and he didnt SPELL THEM CORRECTY like sova being SILVA and cypher being CIPHER. ( btw im sorry for being kinda rude)

[@eugene727]

honestly brim should be S tier, that sassy hip thrust should get him to #1

[@itsm1ha104]

Its just that they havent taken their time to update the early launch agents select screens

[@_ve3r_]

The old ones deserves a new animation

[@niliev9675]

Idk like i agree w most(im a fade/kayo main so im happy yk) but theres one that i heavily disagree with and thats jett First shes one of the older agents(she was one of the original if i recall correctly please correct me if im wrong)but i kinda like how she dashes quickly in screen cus thats kinda what she does in game she picks up an op and shows on ur screen for a split second before dashing out I think she deserves A tier (personal opinion)

[@Sol1dYT]

Do more of these rankings on stream

[@noahgassler746]

I'm not saying I would simp for fictional women, but if I did, Fade would be one of them.

[@SirJeppy]

IF you did ;) Don't worry man your secret is safe with me

[@ItsHAT]

Do you guys realize that yoru face look like Kiryu-Chan?

[@jmarcocaceres]

I think jett's animation accurately portrays her personality. No need to brag, just chilling with that arrogance on his face. His body language says it all. A sober A tier for me